In this important book, Jan Willem Duyvendak and James M. Jasper bring together an internationally acclaimed group of contributors to demonstrate the complexities of the social and political spheres in various areas of public policy. By breaking down the state into the players who really make decisions and pursue coherent strategies, these essays provide new perspectives on the interactions between political protestors and the many parts of the statefrom courts, political parties, and legislators to police, armies, and intelligence services. By analyzing politics as the interplay of various players within structured arenas,Breaking Down the State provides an innovative look at law and order versus opposing movements in countries across the globe.
This important volume offers new ways of analyzing politics as the interplay of various players within structured arenas that its companion volume,Players and Arenas, started. It breaks down the state into the players that really matter, and which really make decisions and pursue coherent strategies, moving beyond the tendency to lump various agencies together as 'the state'.
The internationally acclaimed contributors bring together new perspectives on the interactions between political protestors and the many parts of the state, including courts, political parties, legislators, police, armies, and intelligence services.
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Players and Arenas Formerly Known as the State |
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Criminal Trials as Strategic Arenas |
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2 Political Parties and Legislators |
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A Latin American Perspective |
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3 Political Parties and Legislators |
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Local Governmental Players as Social Movement Actors |
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Part 2 The Forces of Order |
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The Mutual Determination of Strategy in Ireland, 1912-1921 |
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Strategies of Repression in Transitional Regimes |
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Part 3 International Arenas |
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Gay versus Anti-Gay Players in Transnational Contention |
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Simplicity vs. Complexity in the Analysis of Social Movements |
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| Contributors |
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Jan Willem Duyvendak is sociologist at the University of Amsterdam. He has written a number of books on recent social movements, and is the co-editor of AUP's new book series, Protest and Social Movements. James M. Jasper is a sociologist at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has each written a number of books on recent social movements, and is the co-editor of AUP's book series, Protest and Social Movements.
